Nobel Lareaute, Wole Soyinka Backs Biafra...Read What He Said

Prof. Wole Soyinka has finally spoken out over
the continued marginalization of the Igbos as he
gives his backing to Biafrans.

Nigeria's first Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole
Soyinka has given his support to Biafran agitators
seeking for independence from Nigeria.

The renowned poet revealed the reasons why he is
backing Biafrans as he said the Igbo people have
been so wronged that they have no choice than to
consider opting out of Nigeria.

According to a report by DailySun, Prof. Soyinka
spoke on Al Jazeera, yesterday where he shed light
on his support for Biafra agitators.

“I am very much pro- Biafra because I recognise
that the Igbo have been wronged desperately.
“They have been brutalised in a way that justifies
their feeling that they were not part of the nation.

“Let me also say this, Biafrans are not entirely
innocent in this affair. They were not, but the
unleashing of such venom, such devastation on
them as a people, was sufficient to justify their
decision not to be part of the nation.

“I was pro-Biafran in the sense that I felt that they
needed justice.”

Soyinka denied he was a troublemaker, especially
in the Biafran crisis, but added, “I grew up in
certain circumstances being very conscious
politically, in this very Abeokuta; my mother was
involved in the politics, my aunt, Mrs. Funmilayo
Ransome Kuti was a leader…

“I grew up among political arguments on issues
that concern humanity and I find that basically
gravitated towards recognising the basic worth of
human beings.

“Something I disagree when they call me a patriot
because I don’t agitate on some certain entity
called a nation; I agitate on humanity.”

He criticised the removal of History and teaching
of the Biafran crisis in schools.

“Officials do not want to confront their own history,
especially the history in the making of which they
feel uncomfortable but, if you do not confront your
past, you are going to mess up your future.”